Domino's Pizza restricting delivery times, areas after driver's killing
Domino’s Pizza said it is no longer delivering to the Lower Ninth Ward at night after the killing of one its drivers earlier this week.
Michael Price, 36, was found shot to death about 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 6100 block of North Roman Street. He was delivering a pizza at the time, carrying a small amount of money, officials said. Price is survived by a wife and several children.
Thursday’s announcement from Domino’s Pizza came during a Crimestoppers news conference.
“Somebody out there knows what happened, and there's a family that is broken -- our family is broken,” said Robert Tedesco, vice president of Domino’s Pizza. “We have restricted delivery to the area. We will no longer be able to deliver in that market … east of (the) canal to where Chalmette picks up. That is the border. Chalmette comes in to the west, but at this time there will be delivery only during the day. At night there will not be any delivery.”
Tedesco also said he is reviewing other safety measures and plans to make more changes.
“We're testing curbside delivery with dashcams,” he said. “These are just things we've brainstormed in the last couple of days.”
Tedesco also said the company is considering no cash deliveries after 10 p.m., with only credit-card orders delivered.
“That eliminates us as a target,” Tedesco said. “We don't carry a lot of money.”
Advertisements have been placed on digital billboards throughout New Orleans, encouraging anyone with information on Price’s killing to call Crimestoppers.
“We already have a contract with the vendor Lamar Advertising,” Tedesco said. “So then we just called them and within 15 minutes we had it created and we put it up there … hopefully someone will reach out and call that number.”
The reward for information in the case was raised to $10,500.
Tedesco said he wants to do everything he can to bring closure to the case and make sure no other employee becomes the target of violence.
Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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